It's funny how things evolve. Take government, for example. Generally I'm for less government.It seems the government is everywhere and into everything. Does this mean that we need no government or that all government is bad? Of course not. We very much need to be governed.And we very much need a federal government. Think of it this way.If there were no federal government, there might still be places in this country where women and blacks wouldn't be allowed to vote. There would be no interstate highways.There would be no Social Security.No Medicare.No national monuments or parks.No national security. Point is, there are lots of reasons we need federal supervision.Our founding fathers knew that and provided a most innovative and progressive way to carry it out - a representative government. A government that grew from the people. It's the evolution of our government that bothers me.
GARY GERARD, Times-Union Managing Editor- | July 28, 2016